{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/675f25c6272fba937c733cc7/6a18b4c98fd07475b59cbea7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Royal Romance and a King-Sized Collection of Takes (ft. Sarah Wendell)","description":"<p><strong>Amanda is joined by guest host Sarah Wendell</strong>, co-founder of the blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and host of the podcast <em>Smart Podcast, Trashy Books. </em>In this supersized Friday News Dump, we’ll muse over topics ranging from royal romance tropes to royal health complications perhaps being used as shields against negative coverage.</p><p><br></p><p>We’ll also break down comments made by royal in-law Mike Tindall about Prince Harry, comments made by the Princess of Wales about Bob the Builder, and comments made by Prince William about (gasp!) scones.</p><p><br></p><p>Find Sarah at <a href=\"https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/</a> or <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/smartbitches/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@smartbitches</a> on IG. Sarah is also the author of novella <em>Lighting the Flames</em> and the book <em>Everything I Know About Love, I Learned from Romance Novels, </em>and<em> </em>is<em> </em>the co-author of <em>Beyond Heaving Bosoms: the Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels</em>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Sarah’s royal romance recs:&nbsp;</u></strong></p><ul><li>Red White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston</li><li>Falling Hard for the Royal Guard - Megan Clawson (lives inside Tower of London)</li><li>The Royal We and/or The Heir Affair - Jessica Morgan, Heather Cocks</li><li>Royals - Rachel Hawkins&nbsp;</li><li>Her Royal Highness - Rachel Hawkins</li><li>Cheeky Royal - Nana Malone</li><li>A Princess in Theory - Alyssa Cole</li><li>Royal Holiday - Jasmine Guillory</li></ul>","author_name":"Amanda Matta and Meredith Constant"}